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Housebuilding, skills, health: Key UK policies to watch in 2025

First six months of new year will prove crucial to Starmer’s ambition to drive ‘change’
Financial Times - 5h
The UK office landlords selling yoga and pot plants as well as space

Fully managed offices show owners trying new ways to attract tenants
Financial Times - 5h
US investors in China venture funds brace for new tech rules

Financial institutions rush to secure assurances their money is not being used to develop Chinese technology
Financial Times - 5h
In charts: Has the ‘India trade’ run out of steam?

Slowing growth and high inflation are hitting household incomes and raising questions about economic fundamentals
Financial Times - 5h
Macron issues mea culpa over French legislative elections

President says he takes responsibility for instability caused by dissolving parliament
Financial Times - 13h

Grieving families of victims of S. Korean plane crash visit site for memorial service

Grieving relatives of people killed in a plane crash in South Korea have visited the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day
ABC News - 12m
Puerto Rico's power slowly coming back on after New Year's Eve blackout

Virtually all of Puerto Rico spent New Year's Eve without electricity as a power outage hit the U.S. territory, but the lights are slowly coming back on for 2025.
CBS News - 20m
UK small boat arrivals in 2024 up 25% compared with previous year

A total of 36,816 people made journey last year compared with 29,437 who arrived in 2023, Home Office says. The number of people arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the Channel in small boats ...
The Guardian - 51m
We Live in Time review – romance blossoms for Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield

This sensitive if contrived romantic drama has shades of Richard Curtis and is carried along by the strength of its lead performances. There are endearing, intelligent and forthright performances ...
The Guardian - 1h
The Republic – photos of Ireland: in pictures

Seamus Murphy grew up in Ireland and is based in London. Heralded for his extensive international work from Afghanistan, the Middle East, the US and Russia, he has been widely exhibited and ...
The Guardian - 1h

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